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rindle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪndəl/

Etymology

From Middle English rendel and other variants with d of rinel, whence also the more common form runnel: see that entry for more.

Meanings

  1. A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.
    • … sweat running down i' greight rindles … c. 1893, George Milner (editor), Edwin Waugh (author), Heather, in Lancaster Sketches Second Series, page 284 (quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary)
    • … a rindle o' wetur wur wheem, … 1850 (originally 1740?), Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and …, page 17

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